That movie was a real tearjerker.
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Tearjerker
Synonyms for "tearjerker" (35 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Noun(2 words)
emotional dramaemotional storyteller
Verb(1 words)
evoke tears
Strong matches (11)
hearts-and-flowersmaudlinnessmawkishnessmushmushinessnamby pambynamby-pambynamby-pambyismnamby-pambyness
Noun(2 words)
Related words (17)
nostalgianostomaniaoversentimentalismoversentimentalityromanticismsentimentsentimentalismsentimentalityslopsloppinessslushsoap operasob storysweetness and light
Noun(2 words)
sob storyweepies
Adjective(1 words)
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4 entriesemotional speakerfilm tearjerkernovel tearjerkersad storyteller
Collocations
6 entriesemotional melodramasentimental dramatearjerker filmtearjerker momenttearjerker noveltearjerker story
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1 entriesSample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Renamed in honor of the tube tearjerker, the work wondrously went on to become the most recognized theme in all of soapdom.
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The psychologist Paul Rozin lumps tearjerkers with other examples of benign masochism like smoking, riding on roller coasters, eating hot chili peppers, and sitting in saunas.
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The many tear-jerkers deal with finality, with death and the end of love, with a stoicism pregnant with feeling.
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